Ladies Trilogy
13 Feb
When Amanda Whittington's play Ladies' Day premiered at Hull Truck Theatre in 2005, it introduced the world to Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda - four likely lasses from the Hull fish docks on a day at the races. The play and its sequel, Ladies Down Under, have since been performed around the world, including thousands of performances by amateur and community theatre groups. Now there's a third play in the sequence, Ladies Unleashed, which brings the story of the Ladies bang up to date.
Each play can be performed on its own, or as part of the full trilogy. For more details on casting, set requirements, and performing rights, click on the links to the individual plays.
All three titles are available for amateur performance.LADIES' DAY
Full Length Play, Drama, Comedy, Contemporary
Cast: 1M, 4F
Ladies' Day is an exuberant comedy about four likely lasses from the Hull fish docks on a day trip to the races.
Work, love and life are just one long, hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda. But their fortunes are set to change when Linda finds tickets to Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot the year it relocated to York.
Out go the hairnets, overalls and wellies as the four ditch work, do themselves up to the nines and head off to the races for a drink, a flirt and a flutter. If their luck holds, they could hit the jackpot - and more besides...
'All the warmth of a Calendar Girls or a Full Monty' -- Yorkshire Post
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LADIES DOWN UNDER
Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
Cast: 2M, 4F
Ladies Down Under is the funny, heart-warming sequel to Ladies' Day, following the lasses from Hull on their adventures down under.
After hitting the jackpot at Ladies' Day in York, the fish filleting foursome are celebrating in style with the trip of a lifetime to the land of Oz.
While Shelley dreams of luxury and glamour, the rest of the gang decide to go native and camp out under the stars at Uluru. But Shelley soon discovers there's more on offer than posh hotels, stunning beaches and sun-kissed surfers; and Pearl finds that she's got a mountain of her own to climb...
'An enjoyable sequel... Whittington's creations could run and run' -- Guardian
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LADIES UNLEASHED
Full Length Play, Drama, Comedy, Contemporary
Cast: 6F
In Ladies Unleashed, Pearl, Jan and Linda are enjoying a long-awaited break on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, when a surprise visitor turns up. They haven't seen Shelley for years, and their retreat becomes a reunion - and pretty soon, a riot.
But a lot has changed since they were last together and, cut off from the mainland, tensions rise with the tide. As the sky darkens, the island grows restless with echoes of the past. Will the four still be friends when dawn breaks?
'A joyous comedy... Whittington has created people who are rich with history and bursting with humour and passion. They're complex, multi-layered, and recognisable... glorious' -- The Stage
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Nick Hern Books Blog -- Playwright Amanda Whittington on her Ladies Trilogy
"As a playwright, you learn to let go of your stories. At the end of a run, there's no guarantee you?ll see your characters again. Yet thanks to amateur and community theatre, these ladies - and the gents in their world - are very much alive." Read on
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